White Sands Hot Air Balloon Invitational 2012

There are so many things in life that bring out the kid in me, giant hot-air filled balloons floating about the sky just so happens to be one of them! So Saturday morning, despite my general lack of love for early mornings, it was worth it to get my oldest son up to go spend some time together experiencing the colorful glory! We even were able to take a tethered ride up in one of the balloons. Later that evening we packed up the whole crew to attend the sunset glow. It was absolutely lovely. And the wind up the weekend I woke up far earlier this morning so that I could make it out for the sunrise balloon lift over White Sands National Monument. Absolutely worth the early rise to see the contrast of such candy-colored balloons mingling with such a simplistically beautiful sand-scape! :)  Enjoy! -Loni